Trace Esports
Trace Esports
China
Rank #7
LuoK1ng
Zhang Zhanpeng (张展鹏)
Kai
Lu Zhinan (卢智楠)
FengF
Song Xuefeng (宋学锋)
Viva
Lifan Ran (冉立凡)
deLb
Delbert Tanoto
has announced the departures of Zhuo "MarT1n"
Zhengjie (卓政杰) and Zhong "Biank"
Jianfei (钟剑飞).
Biank had been with Trace since June of 2024, joining midway through the season from
Bilibili Gaming
Bilibili Gaming
China
Rank #3
whzy
Wang Haozhe (王昊哲)
Levius
Lu Yinzhong (卢胤中)
rushia
Wang Xiaojie (王晓杰)
nephh
Marcus Tan
Knight
Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔)
and having a near-immediate impact on his new team. His arrival lined up with the beginning of Stage 2, and saw Trace go from fourth in the region in Stage 1 to third in Stage 2 and qualifying for Champions Seoul. In the past, the Initiator player has also played for
Dragon Ranger Gaming
Dragon Ranger Gaming
China
Rank #4
Flex1n
Lo Rui (罗瑞)
vo0kashu
Ilya Ushakov
Akeman
Zhang Haoran (张浩然)
Nicc
Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群)
SpiritZ1
Lin Dingyu (林定宇)
,
O2 Gaming
O2 Gaming
Inactive
balua
Zhong Haojun (钟皓钧)
Noah
rin
Li Le Wei (李乐炜)
accHr
马浩然
Biank
Zhong Jianfei (钟剑飞)
Lucifer
folk
, and
Invictus Gaming
Invictus Gaming
China
Rank #21
Roninbaby
Peng Xu (彭旭)
Cate
Wang Binjie (王斌杰)
point7
Noah
.
Mart1n joined Trace in June after he spent a year with
Xi Lai Gaming
Xi Lai Gaming
China
Rank #2
WsLeo
Huang Pinwei (黄品维)
Lysoar
Liang Youhao (梁优好)
NoMan
James Man
Rarga
Arthur Churyumov
happywei
Deng Minwei (邓闵维)
coconut
Colin Patrick Chung (钟弘祖)
, starting as the Controller player in the China Ascension-winning squad and then assuming the sixth-man role as the team entered VCT. Mart1n made his debut on
Rare Atom
Rare Atom
China
Rank #6
Guran
Zhou Minyan (周铭言)
nnono
Midnight
Wang Yingjie (王英杰)
in 2023, competing for the team for one season before the roster was acquired by
JDG Esports
JDG Esports
China
Rank #8
kklin
Zhang Ziling (张梓凌)
stew
Park Young-chan (박영찬)
jkuro
Yong Haochong (杨浩聪)
zhe
Niu Zhe (牛哲)
Yuicaw
Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑)
Z1yan
Liu Zihan (刘紫涵)
ahead of 2024.
Trace added Mart1n at a crucial time in the 2025 season. After ending the previous year in the playoffs of Champions, Trace entered the new year with the same roster of players, retaining the same five-man core centered around FengF and heybay . The roster impressed at China Kickoff and qualified for Masters Bangkok, the organization's first Masters event.
The team returned to regional play, but fell victim to a change of guards of sort in Stage 1, finishing 5th-6th and missing out on Masters Toronto behind the likes of Xi Lai and
Wolves Esports
Wolves Esports
China
Rank #10
Satoshi
Fei Zhixian (费郅贤)
SiuFatBB
Pong Gaa Hei (庞加曦)
jowa
Jordan Wang
yosemite
Wang Lei (王磊)
Spring
Liu Jiunting (刘俊霆)
. Further disappointment in Stage 2 saw Trace barely qualify for the playoffs, beginning its run in the lower bracket and losing to regional powerhouse
EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming
China
Rank #1
ZmjjKK
Zheng Yongkang (郑永康)
nobody
Wang Senxu (王森旭)
CHICHOO
Wan Shunzhi (万顺治)
cb
Wang Qingchuan (王庆川)
Smoggy
Zhang Zhao (张钊)
Jieni7
Zhang Juntai (张君泰)
.
In the offseason, Trace has parted ways with heybay, and added former XLG player
Viva
and former
All Gamers
All Gamers
China
Rank #17
Shr1mp
Yang Yong (杨勇)
Spitfires
Xin Mingyan (辛明阳)
K1ra
Huang Zhihao (黄志豪)
Au1
Zhu Yihao (朱逸豪)
f4ngeer
Roman Smirnov
iamgrq
Gao Ruiqi (高锐琦)
import
deLb
. The additions, with Mart1n and Biank's departures, leave FengF,
Kai
, and
LuoK1ng
as the only remaining members from Trace's 2024 squad.
Trace Esports
Trace Esports
China
Rank #7
LuoK1ng
Zhang Zhanpeng (张展鹏)
Kai
Lu Zhinan (卢智楠)
FengF
Song Xuefeng (宋学锋)
Viva
Lifan Ran (冉立凡)
deLb
Delbert Tanoto
' full roster is now:







